Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Etta Zuber Falconer (1933-2002)
Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Harlem, October 18, 2006
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Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, New York City (1796- )
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Detroit Race Riot (1943)
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Kansas Industrial and Educational Institute (1895-1919)

Explore Global African History

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Eustace Edward Ricardo Braithwaite (1912–2016)
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British Black Panther Party (1968-1973)
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The Sierra Leone Civil War (1991-2002)
Lola Odusoga, Miss Finland
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Lola Odusoga (1977- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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The San Fernando Valley’s Multiethnic Past: Unexpected Communities of Color in “America’s Suburb”
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Afro-Uruguay: A Brief History
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The Black Presence in Theater through the Centuries in the Historical Dictionary of African American Theater
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Fort Worth, Texas, Where the West and the South Meet: A Brief History of the City’s African American Community, 1849-2012

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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